With their excellent military skills, the remaining soldiers of the 19th Brigade easily impressed the bandits of Qinglong Village and also found a place to settle down in Qinglong Village. As for the small-scale battle that just ended, Xu Shijiu and the remaining soldiers of the 19th Brigade didn't care about it at all. But they destroyed just two small teams, what's worth making a fuss about?

Although the 19th Brigade had only seven troops this time, which was the least of the troops invested in previous battles, there were more than 100 bandits to help, right? In addition, the terrain was relatively favorable, Japan never expected that it would encounter such an elite small army as the 19th Brigade here, and it was reasonable to lose.

In addition, the remaining soldiers of the 19th Brigade clearly felt that the Japanese soldiers who came to attack Qinglongzhai this time were still somewhat different from the main division on the front front. In fact, this time the Longkou County Gendarmerie team came to attack Qinglongzhai this time, which was mainly composed of soldiers in the village and ronin. The combat power was uneven, and it was several levels different from the main division.

Therefore, although the No.100 bandits in Qinglong Village were so frightened that their chins were almost falling off, and they were so happy when cleaning the battlefield, they were just about to set off firecrackers with their children during the New Year Festival, but the remaining soldiers of the 19th Brigade did not take this victory seriously at all. Compared with countless wars and fierce battles in the past, this battle was really nothing.

However, the remnants of the 19th Brigade do not care, which does not mean that others do not care.

The news that the three teams sent by the Longkou County Military Police Team to attack Qinglongzhai killed two of them quickly spread, and caused an uproar among the various forces in Longkou. After all, the battlefield behind the enemy is the battlefield behind the enemy, which is different from the front line. The front line often has more than a dozen divisions and hundreds of divisions. After a day, the casualties have to be counted in thousands.

However, in the rear, it is rare to have hundreds of Japanese troops participating in a battle. If the Japanese army suffers more than 10 or 20 casualties, it will be enough to attract the attention of the Japanese side. Therefore, the 19th Brigade destroyed two squads at once, which is an unprecedented earthquake for the Japanese military police in Longkou County.

When the news reached Wuhan, even Okamura Yanji was alarmed. The old Okamura Japanese performed poorly in the Battle of De'an and Jiujiang. Because of his military adventure, he almost destroyed the entire 10th Pei Regiment. In the end, more than 500 troops of the division headquarters of the 10th Pei Regiment escaped by luck, but the more than 15,000 officers and soldiers who had interspersed over were all destroyed by the national army.

For this matter, Okamura Yasuji even recalled him to Tokyo and gave him several political classes.

However, Okamura is Okamura after all, and his abilities and qualifications are there. Although the bureaucrats in the Japanese base camp were dissatisfied with him, they could not really get rid of him. Moreover, due to the new war situation, the 33rd and 34th divisions were also transferred into the battle sequence of the 11th Army, making the 11th Army's troops reach an unprecedented seven divisions.

After Okamura Yasuji returned to Wuhan, he began to plan the Nanchang Battle in full swing.

After the Wuhan Battle ended last year, the Kuomintang army voluntarily gave up De'an and retreated to the Nanchang front line. Although the Japanese base camp had already adjusted its general strategic policy and moved from military offensive to political surrender, Okamura Yasuji was not willing to accept it. Wanjialing's crushing defeat had become a thorn in his heart. He could not admit that he would lose to a Chinese. He urgently needed a refreshing victory to justify himself.

At the same time, he told the Japanese base camp that Okamura was still the same Okamura.

It was precisely for this reason that Okamura Yasuji decided to launch the Nanchang Battle against the trend.

Of course, when explaining the reasons to the base camp, Okamura Yasuji would never say that. The reason on the table was that after the Japanese army captured Wuhan, the fifth and ninth war zones of the National Army were in northern Hubei and millions of troops were deployed in southern Jiangxi, posing an extremely serious threat to the Yangtze River waterway. Therefore, it is necessary to expand the defense depth on both sides of the Yangtze River.

In fact, this is a nonsense to deceive children. At this time, the National Army was not strong enough to defend, so how could they have the energy to launch a counterattack?

However, at this time, Ishihara Kanir had been transferred from the headquarters combat section chief to the Kanto Army's chief of staff. Moreover, because he was disagreeing with Akira Isotani, he took off his military uniform and was admitted to the hospital. Those who controlled the base camp were mediocre. Okamura Yasuji deliberately made the situation very serious, so these bureaucrats believed it and agreed to Okamura's confession with a big stroke.

So, the only war materials began to be transported from all directions to Jiujiang and De'an frontline.

At present, the Battle of Nanchang is still in the preparatory stage. As the war continues to deepen, the little Japanese has poor resources and their financial weaknesses gradually become obvious. The most direct manifestation is that the Japanese army wants to launch a large-scale battle, and the preparation time required is getting longer and longer. During the Battle of Shanghai, the little Japanese could urgently mobilize three permanent divisions from the country to the Chinese battlefield in ten days, but now, three B divisions may not be able to mobilize three months.

The preparations for the Nanchang Battle were not going well, so you can imagine how Okamura Yanji felt. So when he saw the Longkou Prefecture Military Police Team lost two squads in his daily military newspaper, he was furious and immediately asked Chief of Staff Satoshi Yoshimoto to call the commander of the brigade of the independent mixed 14th Brigade to call Takayo Fujido, the commander of the brigade of the 14th Brigade, to the front line command.

The headquarters of the 14th Independent Mixed Brigade was stationed in Jiujiang, responsible for the warning of Jiujiang to the south bank of the Yangtze River from Wuhu. The warning of the north bank of the Yangtze River was led by the 13th Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in Luzhou (Hefei). After occupying large areas of North China, East China and Central China, Japan transferred reserves from China to form more than a dozen independent Mixed Brigades. These independent Mixed Brigades are all garrison troops and generally do not participate in frontal combat. Their only task is to rectify public order.

"San Fujido, please tell me what's going on?" Okamura Nishi put the battle report in front of Fujido's eyes, and his eyes hiding behind his glasses showed a heart-pounding cold look. After Wanjialing's defeat, Okamura Nishi's temper became not very good, and the staff of the headquarters were usually trembling.

Tengdo Takayoshi couldn't answer a naughty way, and he was actually wondering why this happened to Longkou Prefecture?

Longkou is located in southern Anhui, close to the Kuomintang army, and public security has always been uneasy. There are quite a few bandits in the territory against the imperial army, but every time they make small fuss, at most they lose a few more people. But this time, the whole family loses two teams. Fujido Takayoshi still cannot make any mistakes. What happened in Longkou County?

Could it be that the National Army has returned to Longkou County? Or the New Fourth Army?

Seeing Takayoshi Fujido's dull appearance, Okamura Yanji was so angry that he was not angry. However, the old Japanese still had some qi cultivation skills. He restrained his emotions well and tried to use a gentle tone and said: "Tengdo San, I don't know if you have calculated that how many Chinese towns have the Imperial Army occupied now?"

Fujido Takayoshi was speechless, how could he know about this?

Okamura Yasuji sighed and said in a heavy tone: "Fuundo San, I have carefully calculated that, including Manchuria, the Imperial Army has now occupied more than 1,500 counties and more than 1,500 counties. What a huge number? There are less than 50 counties in the entire empire. Fujido San, do you know what this means?"

Fujido was speechless, and his thinking was obviously unable to keep up with Okamura's rhythm.

Okamura Yasuji didn't expect Fujito to have the same vision as him, and sighed: "More than 1,500 counties, this means that the Imperial Army must send more than 1,500 garrison troops to condemn it. If each county is like Longkou Prefecture, it will lose two infantry squads every day, which will add up to more than 3,000 squads. What a terrifying number?"

Takae Fujido was really shocked by this number. Although this number is actually quite exaggerated. It is absolutely impossible for each county to lose two infantry squads every day, even if each county loses ten people every day, the sum of more than a thousand counties is an extremely terrifying number.

Okamura Yasuji said earnestly: "So, Fujidosan, you must hurry up the work of public security rectification."

"Hai" Takae Fujido's expression became unprecedentedly serious, and he bowed heavily to Okamura Yasuji.
Chapter completed!